# Adding Prep

Ninoles, Fabien: DGSE (ninoles.fabien@ic.gc.ca)
Fri, 7 Jun 1996 13:07:18 PDT

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    The last reply bring me another question:
     Are the change that Thomas suggests me to done (and I thanks him
    a lot about it) change something in the way that the server save the
    database or (as I hope it was) that's it only a reference to the prep
    that is save?
     That the LambdaCore db will continue to work or I have
    to make another db core from minimal.db (or may be a entirely new
    minimal.db ... :o FRIGHTENING!)?

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    From:  Graeme Smith[SMTP:grysmith@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca]
    Sent:  June 7, 1996 11:44 AM
    To:  Thomas Wouters
    Cc:  Ninoles, Fabien: DGSE; 'MOO Cows'
    Subject:  Re: Adding Preposition

    Since Software can always be RECODED, the opportunity exists to rethink
    the
    nature of the compiler, and make it a little more flexible. But then,
    that
    might be considered a different server, as it wouldn't be supported by
    PAVEL and Freinds.

    GOOD LUCK!

        GREY

    GRAEME SMITH                         email:
    grysmith@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
    YMCA Edmonton
    (Back on line!>

    On Fri, 7 Jun 1996, Thomas Wouters wrote:

    > On Fri, 7 Jun 1996 ninoles.fabien@ic.gc.ca wrote:
    >
    > > They're someone who knows how to adding some preposition to the
    > > one recongize by the server. It's mostly adding alias of it then
    > > completely new ones. The purpose it's to make the server able
    > > to understand other language (like French) without having to
    > > parse all the argstr...
    > > Because I'm not sure of my english, I let you an example:
    > > I make an alias of @describe as @decris (french translation of
    > > describe verb). I would like that the command
    > > @decris moi comme ....
    > > will be interpreted exactly in the same way as
    > > @describe me as ....
    > > As you can see, some 'variables' (as me/moi) have to translated
    > > too if possible... (don't know if me is a variable or not).
    >
    > They are stored in 'db_verbs.c' (Don't ask me why it's not a option in
    > config.h) -- you have to alter them there. You can just append your
    alias
    > for the prep, like this:
    >
    >   "as",
    >
    > would become:
    >
    >   "as/comment",
    >
    > You can use spaces in the prep names, but i'm not sure about other
    chars
    > (like ' or `) -- one character you wont be able to put in a prep in any

    > case, is a / ;-)
    >
    > Hope this helps,
    >
    > Thomas.
    >
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